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British Erbacoy,

Bokyo.

17 August, 1907.

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Attitude

2 the depenose Press

towardo the developments in

wo have been giving some thought, as no doubt you keve, do the qyceblon of coverage by the Japan.so Preas of ovente in Hong Kong. There is abundant evidenes den S much of the coverage hero in the latter part of July wed und ly lurid and to varying dogroot, inaccurate.

ho Information Counsellor has had a talk with M, Jock NoToyr, the roprosentative of the Hong Kong Tourist Association here about diuc, Me. ReVogo suona to fucă that the tone of the reporting in the Japanese pro00, particulovly band of the Asahi Shimbun, reflects an anti- British bias on the part of some of the Japanese moportura in long Reng who ho ocaya are inclinod to draw on Command cources (mainly the Da Hung Peo, Cop their report:

According to fa, dogs, the most conlor of the coven Jayamoso corrocyandonte in Hong Kong, do Mr. Takeuchi of the Jacht ghiubun, who lo said to be anti-Drition, rati-

Kuperiolie** and pro-Poking. The others vary in quality but in general their reporting in lip. HeVoyn's view) io 20% vory accurate,

It is of coupeo, not for me to tach the Informatic Dipoctorate in Hong Kong how to gun its buodarag but we cannot occape to imveceion that their relations with the Japanoce corpoopontcats are not as close as they might be. In view of the importance to Hong Kong of a cd Japanese DTC30, 16 Vould coom 01 tito face of 1t that a woal offert on the wort 4be Information Directonate to establish a vointiunohdy of mabal truet and confi eneo with the Japanca5 correspondente would pay good dividemás,

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